Swedish Mountain Lodge

8 days/7 nights at STF Grovelsjon Mountain Lodge

About the Trip

The mountain lodge at Grövelsjön lies just where the road ends, beside the Norwegian border in northern Dalarna, and offers breathtaking views of Norway’s mountains. This is an easily accessible mountain region with an exciting combination of Swedish nature reserves and Norwegian national parks.

From right beside the lodge, a number of well-marked hiking and skiing trails lead off into the mountains, while others lead you on circuits around the area. Using the lodge as a base, you can choose from a variety of different courses and adventures. Grövelsjön’s knowledgeable tour guides are always on hand to help you. Build up your energy reserves with a breakfast buffet in the dining room (situated at 816 meters). Or come here later and enjoy a three-course dinner. While dining, you can look out over the Norwegian mountain landscape on the other side of the invisible border, or at the gnarled old pine trees in one of Sweden’s finest remaining virgin mountain forests, which lies a stone’s throw away. Or you can visit the spa for a massage and let the day’s impressions sink in. There are also well-equipped kitchens if you want to prepare your own meals. Grövelsjön Mountain Lodge is environmentally certified in accordance with the Nordic Swan label, and the restaurant serves meals based on organic produce.

Includes: Accommodations, meals, membership in Swedish Tourist Association (STF)

Awards:

- Royal Accomodation Award for Sustainable Tourism, European Award 2006

- Grand Travel Award Ecotourism, Swedish Award 2003

- Dalecarlia Ecoturism Award, Regional Award 2002

- American Express Green Hotelier, 1998

Certification:

- KRAV ecological restaurant

- The Swan, Nordic Ecolabeled hotel

- Natures Best, Swedish Ecotourism Label

Green Practices

This operator owes its excellent reputation to managers Barbara and Charlie Ekberg who took over as the hosts in 1986. They have invested a great deal in raising the quality of the experience for their guests, and done valuable environmental work for ecotourism. Grövelsjön is one of Sweden’s most successful mountain tour locations and was awarded the Grand Travel Awards Prize for Ecotourism in 2003.

- Energy saving through geothermic energy - Waste sorting program - Ecological restaurant - Cleaning without chemicals - Consumables and raw materials - Furnishings and fixtures - Transportations - Ecoguided tours

About the Organization

At Grövelsjön, you can discover your own atmosphere. Sit at a table in the restaurant 816 metres above sea level and gaze over the Norwegian mountains across the border. Round off your day in the mountains with a relaxing aromatherapy bath in our Spa centre. Or a massage to soften up stiff muscles. Here you can find peacefulness and harmony combined with exciting activities, themed weeks and courses. The mountain lodge has been awarded the ecolabel Svanen and we are also one of the first tourist establishments to be awarded the Nature’s Best ecotourism quality label.

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